Frances Burney

Born

in Lynn Regis, The United Kingdom

June 13, 1752

Died

January 06, 1840

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Also known as Fanny Burney and, after her marriage, as Madame d’Arblay. Frances Burney was a novelist, diarist and playwright. In total, she wrote four novels, eight plays, one biography and twenty volumes of journals and letters.

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Average rating: 3.7 · 21,468 ratings · 1,111 reviews · 293 distinct works • Similar authors

	Evelina by Frances Burney, Edward A. Bloom (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 14,316 ratings — published 1778 — 372 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cecilia by Frances Burney, Margaret Anne Doody (Editor) , Peter Sabor (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 3,498 ratings — published 1782 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camilla by Frances Burney, Edward A. Bloom (Editor) , Lillian D. Bloom (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 2,511 ratings — published 1796 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wanderer: or, Female Difficulties 3.76 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 1814 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journals and Letters by Frances Burney, Peter Sabor (Editor) , Lars E. Troide (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1841 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Novels of Fanny Burney (Annotated) by Frances Burney, M. Mataev (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witlings and the Woman-Hater by Frances Burney, Peter Sabor (Editor) , Geoffrey M. Sill (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1779 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary Of Fanny Burney 4.14 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1840 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cecilia: Or Memoirs Of An Heiress, Volume 1 3.49 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1782 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cecilia Memoirs of an Heiress, Volume III [Easyread Large Edition] 3.77 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1782 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Frances Burney

“Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act.”
― Frances Burney, Evelina

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“Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.”
― Frances Burney, Evelina

tags: generosity, pain, pleasure

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“She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both time and encouragement to show themselves.”
― Frances Burney, Evelina

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Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832, 503 pages

53 votes, 14.6%

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 1883, 262 pages

45 votes, 12.4%

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1889, 480 pages

38 votes, 10.4%

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 1895, 170 pages

37 votes, 10.2%

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 1860, 579 pages

33 votes, 9.1%

Jude the Obscure by 1895, 310 pages

22 votes, 6.0%

The Red and the Black by Stendhal1830, 608 pages

21 votes, 5.8%

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 1886, 445 pages

19 votes, 5.2%

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782, 448 pages

19 votes, 5.2%

Evelina by Fanny Burney 1778, 455 pages

16 votes, 4.4%

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1862, 455 pages

15 votes, 4.1%

The Misanthrope by Molière 1666, 64 pages

14 votes, 3.8%

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 1897, 240 pages

11 votes, 3.0%

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant1885, 416 pages

8 votes, 2.2%

The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette 1678, 192 pages

8 votes, 2.2%

Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles 1731, 192 pages

5 votes, 1.4%

364 total votes

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